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Meet Rasmus Holst, the visionary leader behind Zensai, a groundbreaking platform revolutionizing human success in the workplace. As CEO, Rasmus spearheads the company's mission to empower organizations with cutting-edge learning, performance enhancement, and engagement solutions built into Microsoft workplace tools. With over 30 years of high-tech expertise, Rasmus brings a wealth of experience from senior leadership positions at industry giants like Syniverse, Oracle, and Nokia. He has orchestrated staggering year-over-year growth, successful exits, and secured substantial funding for various ventures, including Wire and Huddle. Key Points Trusting Your Team: Rasmus emphasizes the importance of trusting your team and giving them autonomy to make decisions, fostering a culture of empowerment. The Role of AI: Discusses how AI should complement human capabilities in organizational leadership rather than replace them entirely. Human Connection: Highlights the significance of human connection in leadership, acknowledging its irreplaceable role in understanding and navigating complex interpersonal dynamics. Letting Go and Celebrating Growth: Explores the challenges of parting ways with employees who no longer fit while celebrating their growth and success as part of the company's evolution. Insights Rasmus Holst's extensive experience and visionary leadership at Zensai illuminate the path to empowering organizations through trust, autonomy, and human connection, driving tangible results and fostering employee growth and development. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 02:48 Trusting Your Team and Giving Autonomy: In this segment, Rasmus delves into the foundational principles of effective leadership, emphasizing the paramount importance of trust in one's team. He discusses how empowering team members with autonomy not only fosters a sense of ownership but also cultivates a culture of innovation and accountability. Rasmus shares insights into his approach of providing clear direction and ambition while allowing individuals the freedom to make decisions within their areas of expertise. Through real-world examples and personal anecdotes, he illustrates the transformative impact of trusting your team and empowering them to take ownership of their roles. 08:02 The Role of AI in Organizational Leadership: Rasmus explores the evolving landscape of organizational leadership in the age of AI. He discusses how AI technologies can enhance decision-making processes, optimize workflow efficiencies, and drive strategic initiatives within organizations. However, Rasmus emphasizes the need for a balanced approach, highlighting the importance of AI complementing rather than replacing human capabilities. He shares insights into how zensai leverages AI to augment human performance, streamline learning and development processes, and drive measurable outcomes. Rasmus also discusses the ethical considerations surrounding AI implementation and the role of leadership in ensuring responsible and ethical AI usage within organizations. 15:01 The Importance of Human Connection: In this chapter, Rasmus underscores the enduring significance of human connection in leadership and organizational success. He explores how genuine human interactions foster trust, collaboration, and loyalty among team members, ultimately driving engagement and performance. Rasmus shares strategies for cultivating meaningful connections within remote and hybrid work environments, emphasizing the importance of empathy, active listening, and effective communication. Drawing from his extensive experience, he offers practical tips for leaders to nurture authentic relationships, build strong teams, and foster a culture of inclusivity and belonging. #Leadership #Empowerment #PodcastEpisode #mindfullywiseleadership #Mindyourleadership #Wisdomtolead #Mindfulleadership #Leadership #Growth #PodcastEpisode #mindyourleadership

This week, our guest is Melissa Pici, Sr. IT Audit Manager at Syniverse. In this episode, Melissa discusses the best ways to find and develop the Next Gen Auditors within your organization. We touch on topics including candidate screening during recruitment, team upskilling, and the critical significance of passion, curiosity, and drive in the audit profession.   Be sure to connect with Melissa on LinkedIn.   Also, be sure to follow us on our new social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.   Timecodes: 2:36 – Internet Browsing History 6:17 - Internal Audit and Data Analytics 7:40 - Data Ccientists vs. Data Analysts 10:37 - Audit Analytics Conference 12:45 - Next Gen Auditors 18:03 - Screening Candidates for Passion, Curiosity, and Drive 21:07 - How to Upskill Your Team 25:38 - Accountability 28:42 - What is a Calibration Meeting 32:57 - Next Gen Managers 36:54 - Final Thoughts   *   This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.  Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.

Titel der heutigen Episode ist »Getting Nothing Done« — warum die höchst-technisierte Gesellschaft der Menschheit (jedenfalls in den Industrienationen) bei wesentlichen Infrastrukturprojekten kaum mehr etwas auf die Reihe bekommt. In dieser Episode möchte ich eine Diskussion über ein sehr wichtiges Thema anstossen, über das ich in der letzten Zeit intensiv nachdenke.  Teilen Sie meine Ansichten, oder nicht? Hat diese Episode Sie zum Nachdenken angeregt? Schreiben Sie mir! Es gibt auch eine englischsprachigen Artikel (mit Illustrationen) von mir zu diesem Thema in den Referenzen. Beschäftigt man sich ein wenig mit der Vergangenheit, ist es geradezu atemberaubend, welche — zur damaligen Zeit noch neue — Infrastrukturen wir in kurzer Zeit umsetzen konnten — vom Panamakanal über die Wiener Hochquellwasserleitung bis zum Messmer Plan in Frankreich. In den letzten Jahren erleben wir allerdings, so mein Argument, geradezu eine bleierne Stagnation, und dies nicht bei »innovativen« Projekten, sondern bei Projekten, die wir hunderte oder tausende Male in der Vergangenheit gebaut haben: Konzerthallen, Brücken, Eisenbahnstrecken, Flughäfen, Kernkraftwerke, Tunnel. Dieses Problem beschränkt sich nicht auf die »physische« Welt, sondern findet sich in ähnlicher Weise in der virtuellen Welt der Software. Dazu kommt, dass Software/IKT und physische Infrastruktur in immer stärkerer Weise miteinander verbunden sind, was die Problemlage verschärft. »Die niedrig hängenden Früchte sind größtenteils gepflückt worden, zumindest im Moment. [...] Die Große Stagnation hält an und verschlimmert sich sogar noch, angetrieben von einer zunehmend dysfunktionalen Politik.«, Tyler Cowan Im ersten Teil versuche ich die Problemlage und Kontext darzustellen und im zweiten Teil Ursachen zu untersuchen, die in fünf Gruppen fallen: Enttäuschung über die Digitalisierung und allgemeine Stagnation in Forschung und Technologie Regulierung, Bürokratie und Fokusverlust Furchtgetriebenes Management und Verrechtlichung der Gesellschaft Fokus Spezifischer Verlust der Fähigkeit, große Projekte zu realisieren Zuletzt gebe ich mögliche Pfade an, wie die Situation (in Europa) verbessert werden könnte. Der wesentlichste Aspekt scheint mir aber zu sein, diese Problematik breiter zu diskutieren und zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, und sich nicht in Hype- und Innovations-Marketing-Gerede zu verlieren. »Der Forschungsaufwand steigt erheblich, während die Forschungsproduktivität stark abnimmt. [...] es dauert etwa 13 Jahre, bis die Forschungsproduktivität um die Hälfte sinkt. Oder anders ausgedrückt: Die Wirtschaft muss ihre Forschungsanstrengungen alle 13 Jahre verdoppeln, nur um die gleiche Gesamtwachstumsrate aufrechtzuerhalten.«, Nicholas Bloom Der Fokus reicht dabei von erheblichen Qualitätsproblemen in der Wissenschaft bis zu Regulierung und Management-Prinzipien. Referenzen Andere Episoden Englischer Artikel im (an)sichten Blog Episode 18: Gespräch mit Andreas Windisch: Physik, Fortschritt oder Stagnation Episode 23: Frozen Accidents Episode 28: Jochen Hörisch: Für eine (denk)anstössige Universität! Episode 31: Software in der modernen Gesellschaft – Gespräch mit Tom Konrad Episode 38: Eliten, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Michael Hartmann Episode 40: Software Nachhaltigkeit, ein Gespräch mit Philipp Reisinger Episode 47: Große Worte Episode 59 und 60: Wissenschaft und Umwelt Fachliche Referenzen Lee Vinsel, The Innovation Delusion, Currency (2020) Years of Delays, Billions in Overruns: The Dismal History of Big Infrastructure, New York Times (2021) »Software Crisis«: Software Engineering, Report on a conference sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, Garmisch, Germany, 7th to 11th October 1968 »Facebook [ist] als datenverarbeitender Apparat so komplex, dass er sich dem Verständnis von innen heraus entzieht« (2022) Massive Datenpanne bei Uber: »Sie haben so vollen Zugriff auf Uber« (2022) »Ransomware legt US-Pipeline lahm« (2021) Syniverse verarbeitet jährlich Milliarden von Textnachrichten, und Hacker hatten jahrelang unbefugten Zugriff auf das System." (2021) »Ein Computerhacker hat sich Zugang zum Wassersystem einer Stadt in Florida verschafft und versucht, eine "gefährliche" Menge einer Chemikalie hineinzupumpen, sagen Beamte.  [...] Aber ein Arbeiter entdeckte es zufällig und machte die Aktion rückgängig.« (2021) Lidl Cancels SAP-introduction after having sunk 500 Million into it Robert Gordon, Is US economic growth over? Faltering innovation confronts the six headwinds, Working Paper 18315 (2012) Tyler Cowan, The Great Stagnation, Dutton (2011) Erik Weinstein and Peter Thiel, The Portal #001 (2019) David Graeber im Gespräch mit Peter Thiel "Where did the Future go?" (2020) Nassim Taleb, Skin in the Game, Penguin (2018) Nassim Taleb, What do I mean by Skin in the Game? My Own Version, Medium (2018) Gerd Gigerenzer, Risiko, Bertelsmann (2013) Marc Andreessen im Gespräch mit Sam Harris, Making Sense #290 (2022) David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules, Melville House (2016) David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs, Penguin (2019) Lukas Feiler erklärt in einer Podiumsdiskussion im Gespräch mit mir

The rise of the mobile-first consumer provides a greater-than-ever opportunity for brands to build loyalty, enhance their competitive position and increase revenues through personalized mobile services delivered to the right customer, at the right time, on their path to action. However, the delivery of these types of services relies on consumer willingness to share private personal and contextual information, like demographics, location, and interaction history. To a large extent, this consumer willingness is something that has been assumed by brands so far. This assumption, in fact, is wrong, according to a recent multinational, multi-industry primary consumer research study. This session will look at how brands can work to prove the value of personalized services to build trust and keep up with the requirements of today's mobile-first consumer.Check out upcoming DigiMarCon Digital Marketing, Media, and Advertising Conferences & Exhibitions Worldwide at https://digimarcon.com/events/

UC Today's David Dungay hosts Marlene Melby, Director, Global Customer Success, Syniverse &  Robin Gareiss, CEO, Metrigy.In this session we discuss the following:What kinds of challenges can digital channels help customers overcome?How is Syniverse leveraging CPaaS to make some of this happen? Voice vs non-voice channels

This episode features an interview with Mary D'Alessandro, VP of Revenue and Revenue Operations at Infobip, a global communication platform for businesses and developers. Mary is an expert in the global mobile experience. She began her career at Vodafone, followed by operations roles at Mblox, Sinch, and Syniverse. On this episode, Mary discusses leveraging new industry trends, accelerating pipeline growth, and diagnosing revenue operations pain points.—Guest Quote“So I would say accelerating the growth of our pipeline has always been one of our main priorities. And we have done that by first implementing processes to better segment our customer base, then prioritizing the highest ROI opportunities and finally creating a focus based team to go after those opportunities. But also leveraging specific functions, like partnership and professional services to add more value and better differentiate our offering.” - Mary D'Alessandro—Time Stamps *(01:16) Meet Mary *(01:33) What is Infobip?*(05:45) What makes Mary's Team Unique*(06:37) Mary's first 90 days in the role*(08:04) Segment 1: RevObstacles*(13:19) Segment 2: The Tool Shed*(15:42) Let's talk spreadsheets*(19:15) How Mary leverages LinkedIn*(21:56) Pay attention to where your data is sourced*(22:42) Segment 3: Quick Hits*(23:30) The Biggest RevOp Misconception*(25:17) Some Final Advice from Mary—Sponsor:Rise of RevOps is brought to you by Qualified. Qualified's Pipeline Cloud is the future of pipeline generation for revenue teams that use Salesforce. Learn more about the Pipeline Cloud on Qualified.com. —Links Connect with Mary D'Alessandro on LinkedInConnect with Ian Faison on LinkedinCheck out the Infobip WebsiteCheck out the Qualified Website

UC Today's Tom Wright hosts Mayur Sanmugam, Senior Director of Product Management at Syniverse.

Today we chatted with Andrew Lindsay and learned about his approach towards building out design teams and integrating them across organizations at different stages of growth.   Andrew has recently joined KraftHeinz as their Head of Design and User Experience on the Digital Revolution team. He has recently served as the Vice President, Head of Design and User Experience at HomeX, a Chicago-based start-up focused on radically improving the home services industry. While there he was responsible for building out a cross-disciplinary design practice of visual designers and UX professionals, catering to both B2B and B2C software, services, and application design and development. Prior to joining HomeX, Andrew was the Head of Design at Syniverse, "The World's Most Connected Company", where he was responsible for overseeing their flagship digital transformation program focused on delivering a significantly improved customer experience, in partnership with some of the world's most recognized telecom companies. Earlier, he was focused on bringing disruptive, data-driven user-level personalization software and solutions to the ad-tech space as the Vice President of Creative, at Conversant. In this role, he had the opportunity to build out and oversee practice areas across a number of disciplines: User Experience, Creative Technology, Digital Production, Creative Operations, and Front-end Engineering. A native of Chicago, Andrew received his MA from the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK and his BFA from the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in Vancouver, CA. His free time is spent in the suburbs of Chicago either with his wife and children or tackling DIY projects on his 1929 bungalow, one nail at a time.

The landscape of interacting with customers is ever-evolving. With new technologies entering the market that make communicating with your clients easier, the process somehow becomes more complicated at the same time. On this episode of Link Up Leaders, Francois and Lisa are chatting with Paul Ruppert to discuss how eCommerce business owners can effectively engage their customers through conversational commerce --

Una empresa de la que no has oido hablar jamás, pero que muy probablemente es la responsable de transmitir tus SMS, fué comprometida en mayo de 2016 y nos acabamos de enterar aún ahora, y de milagro… «Hacker X», el hacker ético que fue contratado por Natural News para construir una de las mayores operaciones de noticias falsas de Estados Unidos, y que ahora surge para redimirse. Twitch es hackeada por vengaza, llegando a publicarse todo el código fuente, herramientas internas y los sueldos de los streamers más famosos. El grupo de ransomware Evil Corp ataca a la empresa estadounidense de teledifusión Sinclair con su nueva herramienta Macaw Locker e interrumpe sus operaciones publicitarias y de televisión durante un par de días. Apple se mete silenciosamente en el mundo de los anuncios creando una competencia un tanto desleal. Lo gratis se paga caro, y así lo demuestran unos robos recientes a carteras de criptomonedas de usuarios de OpenSea vía airdropped NFTs. Notas y referencias en tierradehackers.com twitch.tv/tierradehackers youtube.com/tierradehackers

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A Company that routes SMS for global telecom carriers admitted that it was hacked for five years. In May 2021, Syniverse became aware of unauthorized access to its operational and information technology systems by an unknown individual or organization. Every day Big Tech and Mass Media make it hard to find out what is going on with the internet. Honey Beez and Trip Elix have unique experiences to share in an unpaired podcast experience. Join our community!! Subscribe to the Insecurity Brief podcast now on every platform we can find Follow us on Twitter @HoneyBeez0x @trip_elix inks Our Website: https://www.tripelix.com/insecurity/sms-message-backend-hacked-potentially-affecting-millions-of-cellphone-users-worldwide Youtube https://youtu.be/T6eyyCFgmUM the link to the podcast itunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sms-message-backend-hacked-potentially-affecting-millions/id1583788677 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ly8Nw6w3YrBdv4ZtfCoIS Trip’s books https://www.tripelix.com/merch Honey’s books https://beedefense.net #Biometric #SMS #hack #trump Fingerprint cloning: Myth or reality? Passwords are the traditional authentication methods for computers and networks. But passwords can be stolen. Biometric authentication seems the perfect solution for that problem. There are several kinds of biometric authentication, including retina scanning, facial recognition and fingerprint authentication, the most common one. Everyone’s fingerprints are unique, and it is commonly accepted that they can identify a person without being reproduced. https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/04/fingerprint-research.html Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked A company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and several others around the world such as Vodafone and China Mobile, quietly disclosed that hackers were inside its systems for years, impacting more than 200 of its clients and potentially millions of cellphone users worldwide. https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xpm8/company-that-routes-billions-of-text-messages-quietly-says-it-was-hacked Donald Trump hacked site by the Turkish RootAyyildiz and the 1877 Team The well-known Turkish hacker RootAyyildiz Turkish Defacer, the “

In this episode of bourbon and data breaches, the HackNotice team discusses the five latest cybersecurity breaches of this week: 1. OnlyFans Employees were able to access Models' and Users' data even after leaving. 2. Facebook outage blamed on bad DNS server and BGP issues. 3. Twitch suffered a major data breach, where hackers accessed 'everything.' 4. Syniverse quietly admits to hackers being in their system for years. 5. Outdated and Misconfigured Apache Airflow servers leak sensitive data information.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans cover the goings on in the world of cybersecurity. This week's conversation includes the Facebook outage and (unrelated) claims of scraped data from 1.5 billion Facebook users available in a hacker forum, as well as a deep dive into the deets on the Twitch hack. They also covered the Syniverse hack that provided access to millions of text messages and customer information for a period of many years (and the impact on Syniverse's teleco customers), the Atos win of an R&D project with ESA, along with a new bill proposed by Senator Elizabeth Warren given victims of ransomware attacks 48 hours to report payments to their hackers. 

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Today, we focus on the wild events of Facebook from earlier this week, a massive 5-year span data breach of Syniverse, the mysterious Twitch source code breach, and more. // Tune in today to hear this week's latest cyber happenings! // Music: You and Me - https://spoti.fi/2YC7WQq

Roger Grimes is an industry expert and the Data Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4. In this episode, Roger weighs in on the Facebook outage from earlier this week, the Syniverse multi-year breach, and more. DISCLAIMER: Roger realizes he said BCP instead of BGP over and over again during this episode, which he acknowledges will drive himself and others crazy. KnowBe4 is the world's first and largest New-school security awareness training and simulated phishing platform that helps you manage the ongoing problem of social engineering. To learn more about our sponsor, KnowBe4, visit https://knowbe4.com

Brian “Schneebs” Schneble is the Director of Enterprise Sales at SentinelOne. He joined Bob and Randy to discuss the intersection of privacy and security. Before they got started, there was a quick discussion of the TV shows everyone is watching (Brian: Goliath, Bob: Ozark & Randy: Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol). We immediately got into the huge Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram outage which spurred huge online conversations considering the 60 Minutes whistleblower happened just a day prior. The other big story was the hack of telecom services company Syniverse. Brian has a huge wealth of knowledge on the autonomous vehicle industry and had a huge take that the data explosion isn't happening in Silicon Valley or Austin, but right here in Detroit. We can see why Brian has his own podcast as well, as this episode could have gone for hours. Hope you enjoy it!

On this week's show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week's security news, including: Group-IB CEO arrested in Russia for treason Lawsuit alleges ransomware contributed to hospitalised baby's death Nakasone outs self as hound release advocate Syniverse owned, but we don't know how badly Why Google keyword warrants are awesome Much, much more… Nucleus co-founder Scott Kuffer is this week's sponsor guest and the topic is actually a bit hilarious. They've found a killer use case that customers are clamouring for: Being able to map vulnerabilities to org groups within your enterprise so you can see who's slacking off when it comes to patching. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that's your thing. Show notes Group-IB founder arrested in Moscow on state treason charges - The Record by Recorded Future Baby died because of ransomware attack on hospital, suit says Conti gang threatens to dump victim data if ransom negotiations leak to reporters - The Record by Recorded Future US to work with 30 countries to tackle ransomware problem - The Record by Recorded Future Two ransomware operators arrested in Ukraine - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware gangs are starting more drama on cybercrime forums, upending 'honor among thieves' conventions Ransomware attack disrupts hundreds of bookstores across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands - The Record by Recorded Future NSA chief predicts U.S. will face ransomware 'every single day' for years to come - The Record by Recorded Future Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was Hacked Hackers bypass Coinbase 2FA to steal customer funds - The Record by Recorded Future The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots – Krebs on Security FCC to work on rules to prevent SIM swapping attacks - The Record by Recorded Future Exclusive: Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Searched A Sexual Assault Victim's Name, Address And Telephone Number How a Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob | WIRED EXCLUSIVE U.S. lawmakers push for new controls on ex-spies working overseas | Reuters DHS and NIST release post-quantum cryptography guidance - The Record by Recorded Future New emergency cyber regulations lay out ‘urgently needed' rules for pipelines but draw mixed reviews - The Washington Post Rep. Katko introduces bill that would prioritize security for key US critical infrastructure Let's Encrypt root cert update catches out many big-name tech firms | The Daily Swig Academics discover hidden layer in China's Great Firewall - The Record by Recorded Future Bandwidth.com is latest victim of DDoS attacks against VoIP providers A Simple Bug Is Leaving AirTag Users Vulnerable to an Attack | WIRED Apache fixes actively exploited web server zero-day - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers posed as Amnesty International, promising anti-spyware tool that actually collects passwords Around the world with the NSA's cyber chief - The Record by Recorded Future Facebook blames 'faulty configuration change' for major outages Report: New PCR test intelligence around Wuhan suggests COVID-19 was virulent earlier than thought - The Record by Recorded Future Does This Exposed Chinese Database Pose a Security Threat?

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In today's podcast we cover four crucial cyber and technology topics, including:  1. Facebook services down for six hours due to misconfiguration  2. Apache Airflow legacy products riddled with flaws  3. Kansas county pays ransom following attack  4. Syniverse says threatactor spied on customers for six years  I'd love feedback, feel free to send your comments and feedback to  | cyberandtechwithmike@gmail.com

Syniverse, a company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and several others around the world such as Vodafone and China Mobile, quietly disclosed that hackers were inside its systems for years, impacting more than 200 of its clients and potentially millions of cellphone users worldwide. Plus! Facebook is extremely down. What's going on? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Syniverse, a company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure used by AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and several others around the world such as Vodafone and China Mobile, quietly disclosed that hackers were inside its systems for years, impacting more than 200 of its clients and potentially millions of cellphone users worldwide. Plus! Facebook is extremely down. What's going on? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cloud communications, also known as Communications Platform as a Service (or CPaaS) allows businesses to communicate with their customers using channels such as voice, email, SMS, and instant messaging. This week we sit down with industry expert, Paul Ruppert, to discuss his insights on this complex market, and hear a few anecdotes from his 20-year career in C-level roles with leading global CPaaS providers including Syniverse, mBlox (Sinch), Infobip, SAP, and Route Mobile. We also discuss Twilio's recent acquisitions of Segment and Zipwhip, and how these are helping Twilio build out its impressive omnichannel communications capability. If you're a leader of an innovative technology company looking for insight on expanding internationally or looking to move to the next level by scaling up, Paul is available for a no-obligation conversation at pruppert@gpvltd.com or via www.globalpointview.com. ----- If you enjoyed this episode you can subscribe to Telescope Investing at https://telescopeinvesting.com/subscribe/ Or you can contact the hosts at LukeTelescope AlbertTelescope

US futures are indicating a sharply lower open as of 05:00 ET. Asian markets were under pressure overnight, while European equity markets are slumping in early trade. The global risk appetite is taking a hit on Fed meeting minutes that pointed to tapering starting before the end of the year. Worsening global coronavirus trends are also in the headlines, with some focus on reports that US health experts are concerned the White House is proceeding with booster shots despite insufficient data and regulatory oversight. Companies mentioned: Tencent, NN Group, Goldman Sachs, Twilio, Syniverse, M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp

Today we will be diving into Twilio. Twilio was founded just over a decade ago by Jeff Lawson, with the vision of enabling developers to access the world's communication infrastructure through APIs. Twilio has over 200,000 customers and powered nearly 1 trillion interactions last year through SMS, voice, video, email, and more.    In this business breakdown, we'll cover Twilio's unique approach to distribution, how lower gross margins versus peers can actually be a moat, and why Twilio's revenue model aligns incentives with its customers. We closed with the bull and bear case for Twilio over the next five years and what investors and operators can take away from studying Twilio more closely.    To help me break down Twilio, I'm joined by Ro Nagpal, a senior investment professional at the Holocene advisors.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus. We created Business Breakdowns to uncover the lessons and frameworks behind every business, and that's what makes Tegus our perfect launch partner. Much of the foundational prep for these episodes start with research on the Tegus platform.    With Tegus, you can learn everything you'd want to know about a company in an on-demand digital platform. Investors share their expert calls, allowing others to instantly access more than 15,000 calls on Coinbase, Hinge Health, Farfetch, or almost any company of interest. All you have to do is log in. If you're ready to go deeper on any company and you appreciate the value of primary research, head to tegus.co/breakdowns for a free trial. ----- Business Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, Inc. For more episodes of Business Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @JoinColossus | @patrick_oshag | @jspujji | @zbfuss   Show Notes [00:02:53] - [First question] - What is Twilio? [00:03:36] - How the world received text updates before Twilio [00:04:14] - The scale of Twilio today [00:05:02] - How expensive designing infrastructure of this magnitude can be [00:05:34] - How to use Twilio and gain access to its functionality [00:06:33] - The insight that led to developing the company [00:08:37] - Other aspects of Twilio's services beyond SMS [00:09:50] - Unit economics of the business [00:12:01] - Case studies of likely and unlikely customers to use Twilio [00:15:17] - Original use cases and how they've evolved since [00:16:12] - Developer insights and what innovation it's led to [00:19:19] - Twilio becoming a pioneer in the user software API space [00:22:15] - How big the TAM can be and why it's bigger than people may think it is [00:23:38] - Why the API data and growth rate of Twilio separates it from its competitors [00:26:02] - How having a lower gross margin actually works to their benefit [00:27:28] - Who their competitors are and why Twilio beats them out [00:29:11] - Strategic acquisitions they've made like SendGrid, Segment, and Syniverse [00:31:18] - Unifying themes in their M&A strategy [00:32:08] - Fees associated with using iMessage and WhatsApp [00:32:43] - Improving margins as SMS becomes less pivotal in their operations  [00:33:21] - Things about Jeff Lawson that makes Twilio so special [00:35:25] - What's their bear case is [00:36:19] - Lessons for builders and investors  

On today's episode we welcome Bill Hurley, a digital transformation leader operating the current CMO of Syniverse. With past experiences as CMO of CenturyLink & Unify, Bill prides himself on an ability to transform digital experiences optimized for today's world. Bill & Jake explore the core of innovation, what holds firms back from innovating, and the practices needed to ultimately win. Enjoy the episode and as always, let us know your thoughts on social! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trndsttrs/support

This week’s episode is all about the changing landscape of technology and how humans are feeling their way through this time in history. Facebook was struggling with “contextually specific and commonly sexual emojis or emoji strings,” so it just decided to ban them, including emojis like the eggplant, peach, and water drops. Professional athletes are looking for ways to increase their income streams, as many contracts do not include fully-guaranteed salaries. So, players like Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets are turning to blockchain technology to allow investors to invest in their contracts. And, nearly 200,000 people in the United States woke up in November confused by their receipt of delayed Valentine’s Day messages, thanks to a reactivated server operated by a company named Syniverse. This, coupled with some of our microphone issues, made us wonder if Mercury was still in retrograde (it was as of the time of our recording)! Trouble seeing the full-length show notes? Visit us at http://www.LITBraintrust.com and follow us @LITBraintrust.

It is always a great pleasure to get new insights in the market. Syniverse is a name that many Mobile Operators and Enterprises around the world will know well. They've been a pioneer in mobile for over 25 years and today connect more than 1,500 mobile operators, enterprises, ISPs and OTTs in almost 200 countries. In our Interview with Syniverse we tackled John Wick Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Transaction Services on many of the hot topics of day including IoT, RCS, VoLTE and we learned what's next for Syniverse in the coming year.

In this episode of IoT Time Podcast, Ken Briodagh, editorial director at IoT Evolution (iotevolutionworld.com), sits down with Mary Clark, Head of Communications and Chief of Staff, Syniverse, to talk about mobile IoT security, interoperability and several other issues. This episode is sponsored by IoT Evolution Health (iotevolutionhealth.com), the new event focused only on the meeting of IoT and Healthcare, and the IoT Evolution Expo (iotevolutionexpo.com). Please check out "IoT Time: Evolving Trends in the Internet of Things," a new book by Ken Briodagh about the ongoing influences shaping the IoT. To get a digital copy, download it here for free (www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot-ebook.aspx). A print edition is also available on Amazon for $14.99. To become a sponsor of IoT Time, please email kbriodagh@tmcnet.com or tweet @KenBriodagh.

This week the gang brings a guest podder into the Telecoms.com studio to chat about all things to do with monetisation of new tech trends in the telecoms industry. Alonside Mary Clarke from Syniverse, the guys go over the commercialisation of IoT, 5G, big data, giant data, gargantuan data and more; while Mary gives a unique and unconventional definition of “Digital Transformation”. Finally, Jamie reveals a shocking admission which leaves some of the podders enraged.